We are planning on building a pavilion 20x48 to accommodate the public while viewing the veteran's memorial. It will have restrooms, picnic tables, and a display of Altura's history. Landscaping will include memorial walls, walkways, benches, flowers and trees.
Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society will create and promote a public garden as a multi-cultural learning experience to preserve and honor cultural heritage for all Minnesotans. The new pilot project will have two educational elements: 1) Partner with two public middle schools to develop curriculum materials, host field trips and design preparatory materials to help foster all of the state middle school students collective understanding of the diverse art, culture and heritage demonstrated in the garden.
To contract with qualified professionals to prepare construction documents for the preservation of Delano Village Hall, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
To contract with qualified professionals to prepare construction documents for the preservation of State Bank of Clements, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Hmong Museum will spearhead a new pilot program around lost arts and sharing stories and knowledge passed on through oral tradition. The project will be around the practice and teaching of Hmong elder’s knowledge and skill around a folk art activity, such as bamboo basket weaving.
Filmmakers Kazua Melissa Vang, Yeej Moua, and May Lee-Yang will complete a documentary that look at how the pandemic transformed the way the Twin Cities Hmong community say goodbye to the dead.
